Intoxicated youth taken to hospital

Police Chief James Hussey said a teenager, who was visiting Cohasset, was taken to the hospital by ambulance after he appeared to be “overly intoxicated.”

Mary Ford

Police Chief James Hussey said a teenager, who was visiting Cohasset, was taken to the hospital by ambulance after he appeared to be “overly intoxicated.”

Police responded to a call at about 10:23 p.m. Sunday (Aug. 26) from a concerned citizen about a large group of youths “acting up” on Highland Avenue. The caller reported one of the teens was passed out and possibly intoxicated. Hussey said police did come across the group. Police did not find any alcohol present and the youths were not forthcoming about where they had been.

One of the teens told police the boy who was intoxicated had drunk vodka. Police were not able to determine where he obtained the vodka or how much he had drunk.

The mother of the boy, who had been spending the weekend in Cohasset, arrived and went to the hospital with her son, police said.

Underwear

Police sent two men who had stopped to do some fishing near Cunningham Bridge on their way last week. The men, whom police described as in their early 30s and whom they believe are European because of their accents, had coolers containing bait. One of the men had taken his pants off and was only wearing his briefs.

Police responded to the area after receiving a call last Saturday (Aug. 25) at about 9:30 a.m. from a concerned citizen who saw the men parking a car, get out with the coolers and walking down on the rocks just in their underwear. The officer told the man wearing briefs that he really needed to put his trousers back on. The man was somewhat taken aback and did not realize that was inappropriate.

Bikes

A police officer that had been working the previous night recovered a stolen bicycle while he was working a detail at the Music Circus on Aug. 23. Chief Hussey explained that by chance the officer was on a detail when he saw the bike on the ground that had been reported stolen from Hull Street while he was on duty the night before. The officer contacted the victim to come and pick up the bicycle.

A Summer Street resident told police last week that a bicycle had been left at the end of his driveway. Police said the bike was in bad shape and had been left outside for sometime; someone had apparently dragged it to the end of the driveway. The DPW was contacted to pick it up.

A mountain bike that was reported as stolen last Friday was found by an officer the following day and the owner retrieved it, police said.

On a related issue, Chief Hussey said police have about 15 bikes at the station. If someone is missing a bike, they should come to the station and see if one of the bikes belongs to them, he said.

Cement mishap

Police said a cement truck lost a lot of wet cement on Route 3A near Pond Street at about 1:40 p.m., last Thursday (Aug. 23). The driver apparently did not realize what had occurred and kept on driving. Witnesses were able to provide identifying markings on the truck and police in turn contacted the truck company, which contacted the truck driver who returned to the location.

Police said there was wet cement on the road and some may have splattered onto the Brown’s Auto property, making possible contact with some of the vehicles there. The truck company immediately sent out a crew to clean up the cement and the owner spoke with Brown’s Auto about taking care of any cleanup at that business, police said.

ID theft

Two sisters believe their mother, who lives on Elm Street, has been the victim of identity theft, police said. The sisters, who have power of attorney, told police last week that their mother had received correspondence from a bank about a credit card account in her name. Their mother is certain that she does not have a credit card account from that bank. Chief Hussey said it appears that someone opened a credit card in their mother’s name and made purchases through that account earlier this year.

Police took a report on the matter and detectives instructed the sisters on how to file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission and how to notify the credit bureaus. This is routine police procedure in this type of case, Hussey said.

Calls for help

Police cut the locks at the gate to Wompatuck State Park off Doane Street to look for someone who had been reported as calling for help. A biker called 911 at about 5:43 p.m. on Thurs. (Aug. 23) to say he had heard someone calling for help inside the park. Chief Hussey said police searched the entire area and could not find anyone. Police also notified the environmental police and park officials about the report. “We could not find any indications about anyone being in trouble,” Hussey said.

Hanging out

Young teens hanging out near Tedeschi’s in the Village after 10 p.m. are posing a problem for the convenience store because congregating youths can make it difficult for patrons, police said.

Officers sent youths on their way a couple of times last week.

In an unrelated incident, an older teen — who allegedly stole a candy bar from the store — could be facing shoplifting charges. He is being issued a no-trespass order, which means he could be arrested if he returns to the store.

Fight

Police responded to report of a fight last week that was called in by a concerned citizen last Thursday (Aug. 23) at just before 6 p.m. in the vicinity of 747 Chief Justice Cushing Highway (3A). Further investigation revealed that the fight, which was over a girlfriend, was over and peace was restored. Both men involved convinced the officer that everything was OK, police said.

Hand injury

A worker injured his hand last Friday when he was trying to take a machine off a flatbed truck on Cedar Street. Apparently the roller, which is used to flatten asphalt, veered off the runway and fell off the back of the truck. A couple of DPW workers going by helped free the man’s hand. Police said the injury required stitches but did not appear to be serious.

Behavior issue

Police are working with a local youth and his mother to determine what might be causing his behavior. The teen came into headquarters last week to ask if his keys and wallet were there. When the dispatcher asked if he had lost them, the teen made a derogatory remark and left. The same teen has been exhibiting irrational behavior at the library, police said.

Laptop taken

A Music Circus employee called police last week after noticing the laptop he had left in his car was missing. The employee, who thought he had left the rear windows to his car open slightly, reported the missing laptop both to the Music Circus and to the police. There were no obvious signs that the car had been broken into. Chief Hussey said he noticed the case was not on the backseat as he was driving home.

The victim is getting the serial number of the computer so detectives can look at different locations where the laptop could be sold.

Flare guns

In two separate incidents last week, people notified police about flare guns they had found. Police belief the flare guns, which were found in the same area near Atlantic Avenue and Beach Street, could be lost because no one has reported them as having been stolen. Flare guns can be used as a distress signal at sea, police said.

One of the flare guns had been discharged and had a spent shell casing inside it and the other was in a box with assorted ammunition.

Debris

What was initially thought to be a capsized boat turned out to be a piece of debris, Chief Hussey said. A concerned caller notified police at about 1:30 p.m., last Monday (Aug. 20) about a capsized boat. Further investigation revealed it to be a piece of a dock that later washed up in the vicinity of 400 Atlantic Ave. Police are not sure where it came from. Hussey said the Coast Guard was notified but shortly thereafter, the debris was determined not to be a boat and the Coast Guard did not have to be involved.